Police nab woman for Allegedly Stabbing Mother-in-Law to Death in Niger

The Police Command in Niger have arrested one Fatima Sani, 37 of Gobirawa village in Mashegu Local Government Area for allegedly stabbing her mother-in-law to death. The Commissioner of police in the state, Alhaji Adamu Usman, disclosed this to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Minna on Monday. Usman said that the suspect had a misunderstanding with her husband, Sani Umaru, on April 23 which resulted to divorce. The suspect alleged that her mother-in-law,...

COVID-19: Gombe Bans Commercial Motorcycles

Gov. Inuwa Yahaya of Gombe State has banned the operation of commercial motorcycles, popularly called Achaba, throughout the state as a measure to check the spread of COVID-19. Mr. Samaila Misilli, Senior Special Assistant to the Governor on Media and Publicity, announced this in a statement on Monday in Gombe. Misilli said: “Gombe State Governor, Inuwa Yahaya, has approved four additional measures to curtail the spread of Coronavirus in the state with effect from 6...

LUTH Delivers COVID-19 Patient, 40, of Baby Girl

The Lagos University Teaching Hospital (LUTH), Idi-Araba, Lagos, says its medical team on Monday delivered a 40-year-old COVID-19 patient, of a baby girl. The LUTH management made this known in its verified official twitter handle, @LUTHofficial, on Monday. According to the tweet, the team comprises doctors, anesthetists, and nurses. It said: “A team of LUTH doctors, anesthetists and nurses delivered a woman with COVID-19 of a baby girl this afternoon. “The 40-year-old mother and 3.3kg...

Convid-19: NMA threatens to Withdraw Services Over Alleged Police Harassment

The Kaduna State chapter of the Nigeria Medical Association (NMA) has demanded appropriate disciplinary action against a police Inspector who allegedly assaulted a medical doctor in Kaduna on April 23. A statement by the association’s Chairman, Dr. Stephen Kache, issued in Kaduna on Monday, said the medical doctor was on legitimate duty and had valid identification when he was allegedly assaulted. It added that the affected doctor had sustained bruises and was responding to treatment....

Police Rest Chinese Illegal Miners in Zamfara

The Police in Zamfara on Monday said they have arrested two Chinese nationals for alleged illegal mining at Kwali village in Bukkuyum Local Government Area of the state. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) recalls that the police had earlier this month declared some Chinese and Burkinafaso nationals wanted for their alleged involvement in illegal mining in parts of the state. In a statement issued by the Command’s Public Relations Officer (PPRO), ASP Mohammed Shehu, the...

FIFA proposes Up to Five Substitutions Per Match on a Temporary Basis

FIFA has proposed that teams should be allowed to make up to five substitutions per match, instead of the usual three, as a temporary measure to help cope with potential fixture congestion in the aftermath of the novel Coronavirus outbreak. Football has been at a standstill since mid-March but many leagues and federations are still hoping to complete the season but to do so they would have to cram fixtures into a shorter period than...

3 more COVID-19 Patients Retest Positive After Recovery in Vietnam

Three more Vietnamese people have tested positive again for the coronavirus (COVID- 19) after a full recovery, Vietnam News Agency reported on Monday. The total number of COVID-19 patients retested positive after recovery in the country has reached eight as of Monday noon. The news agency reported that the three patients included one Vietnamese citizen and two Brazilians, who had recovered earlier. Vietnam has reported a total of 270 confirmed COVID-19 cases, with 222 patients...

No Akwa Ibom Commissioner Has COVID-19 – Official

The Akwa Ibom Commissioner for Works, Mr. Ephraim Inyangeyen, has said that no Commissioner in the state tested positive of the novel coronavirus as insinuated in the social media. In a statement in Uyo on Monday, Inyangeyen said that all the Commissioners in the State executive council are in good health conditions. He challenged the originators of such rumour to name the commissioners suspected or confirmed to have been down with COVID-19 and the location...

COVID-19: Gombe State Govt Sends 700 Almajiris to States of Origin

The Gombe State Government has sent 700 Almajiris who are non-indigenes studying in Gombe State, to their states of origin across the 19 Northern states. The state Commissioner for Education, Dr. Habu Dahiru, made this known while speaking with newsmen in Gombe on Monday. He said the first batch of 700 Almajiris had been conveyed to their various states in the North in 60 buses accompanied by security personnel. Dahiru said that the almajiris were...

Kano Speaker Wants Mass Deaths Investigated

The Speaker, Kano State House of Assembly, Alhaji Abdulazeez Garba-Gafasa has called on the state government to urgently constitute a committee of professionals to investigate the reported mass deaths in the state. This was contained in a statement by Alhaji Ali Bala, Director Press to the Assembly, and made available to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), on Monday in Kano. The statement said the speaker made the call shortly after going round some graveyards...

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